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#1

Falcon Player Plugins / Re: PixelOverlay-Clock - Revis...

Last post by datajack - Today at 04:48:12 AM

I have created an event using code found here to stop the clock.

I'm curious to know where that script is. I'm trying to solve this atm.

Thanks!

#2

Falcon Player (FPP) / PixelOverlay-Clock.php works b...

Last post by datajack - Today at 04:38:32 AM

I've been looking into overlays in general (display message via rest api) and PixelOverlay-Clock.php specifically. I can get writing to overlay to work just fine (on top of other content), and after a little bit of tinkering, I could get the script to display time in the correct time zone and HH format. A couple of questions:

1. Is there way to have a bit more control over the placement of text? The current options are center and scrolling in four directions. I'd like to place the clock in upper or lower right corner. Any way to set X/Y or some such?
Note: I've jsut created overlays with the same amount of pixels as the LED panel i'm using, so maybe the answer lies in the configuration of the overlay?

2. Once I start the clock script, how to I stop it again? The code comment says CTRL-C, but that doesn't seem very flexible 😉

#3

Falcon Player (FPP) / Re: Backup Feature not functio...

Last post by efamlights - March 16, 2025, 11:58:28 AM

It's possible my issue was being caused by something else. My FPP instance on the Pi is stuck in an endless Initial Setup loop. Good thing I was already set mentally on starting from scratch on the new instance. Maybe the memory card got corrupt?

#4

Falcon Player (FPP) / Re: Backup Feature not functio...

Last post by efamlights - March 16, 2025, 11:24:11 AM

Thanks everyone, I am just going to rebuild from scratch. Was just trying to make it easy while converting to run in a Proxmox instance and ditching the Pi.

I was too late looking at this, Sorry! you've probably rebuilt already but if you change the "Copy backups to alternative location" setting to None you would have been able to generate a backup. I found a small bug last night that was introduced in 8.5-8.5.1 that broke backups if you used this option.

I rebuilt on a VM to try and ditch all the random Pi's I have, I can still attempt what you suggest to transfer to the VM, it is still sitting as a stock install and the Pi is turned off. Will let you know if this works, thank you.

#5

General Hardware / Re: WS2811, Raspberry Pi 5, GP...

Last post by Ulysse-srfc24 - March 16, 2025, 05:07:48 AM

are your ws2811s powered by 5V or 12V?

You can use either, but you have to power the pixels separately, tie the V- together with the Data V-. The Data line is 5V so you will need to adjust that line accordingly/

Hello, well it still doesn't work, I just bought a level shifter just in case, to be sure to have 5v for the data but still nothing, Thank you very much for your help, Is it possible that my problem comes from Xlight? I am a beginner on Xlight, Good day!

#6

BeagleBone Black Controllers / K16A-B Issue

Last post by nolatron - March 15, 2025, 01:52:26 PM

Getting my new K16A-B controller setup today with a BeagleBone Black. SDcard was imaged with FPP8.5-BBB.

I'm having two issues with it though.

1) None of the menu buttons or test button on the controller work.  There's no response to any button presses.

2) The FPP website is displaying the following error:

Abnormal Conditions - May cause poor performance or other issues
Could not find pin pca9675b-0 to enable output Port 1
Could not find pin pca9675b-1 to enable output Port 2
Could not find pin pca9675b-2 to enable output Port 3

The above errors go all the way to port 16. I had to trim it down otherwise the forum kept flagging my message as spam and not posting.

I' have my Xlights config uploaded along with a sequence and I am able to play it. I can also enable test mode from the website.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

#7

General Hardware / Re: WS2811, Raspberry Pi 5, GP...

Last post by Poporacer - March 15, 2025, 09:05:06 AM

are your ws2811s powered by 5V or 12V?

You can use either, but you have to power the pixels separately, tie the V- together with the Data V-. The Data line is 5V so you will need to adjust that line accordingly/

#8

Differential Receivers and F16 Differential Expansion / Re: F16V5 and SRx1 v5

Last post by jkp - March 15, 2025, 07:19:44 AM

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[Pi-Hat DPI EEPROM]

#9

General Hardware / Re: WS2811, Raspberry Pi 5, GP...

Last post by Ulysse-srfc24 - March 15, 2025, 04:36:33 AM

Hello, here is my wiring diagram.

I am not sure why you would need the Arduino and how that is supposed to work? Where are the lights in that diagram?
Try connecting your lights directly to the Pi with no extension and you should get something to work.
You have the Data line connected to GPIO 18 which is mapped to port 1 (more on that later) but you have 0 pixels configured for port 1 so you are telling FPP to light up nothing on that pin.

And regarding FPP, I have a red error. As I mentioned

I think you missed the part about the Pi-Hat DPI EEPROM You used the DPI Pixel EEPROM and that version requires a license to use more than 50 pixels per port but you get a lot more ports. The Pi hat DPI eeprom gives you 2 ports to use with 800 pixels per port.
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Hello, thank you for your reply, I did exactly as you did, but a quick question: are your ws2811s powered by 5V or 12V? I use 12V.

[Pi-Hat DPI EEPROM]

#10

General Hardware / Re: WS2811, Raspberry Pi 5, GP...

Last post by Poporacer - March 14, 2025, 03:56:27 PM

Hello, here is my wiring diagram.

I am not sure why you would need the Arduino and how that is supposed to work? Where are the lights in that diagram?
Try connecting your lights directly to the Pi with no extension and you should get something to work.
You have the Data line connected to GPIO 18 which is mapped to port 1 (more on that later) but you have 0 pixels configured for port 1 so you are telling FPP to light up nothing on that pin.

And regarding FPP, I have a red error. As I mentioned

I think you missed the part about the Pi-Hat DPI EEPROM You used the DPI Pixel EEPROM and that version requires a license to use more than 50 pixels per port but you get a lot more ports. The Pi hat DPI eeprom gives you 2 ports to use with 800 pixels per port.

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[PixelOverlay-Clock - Revisited Again]

PixelOverlay-Clock - Revisited Again by datajack Today at 04:48:12 AM

PixelOverlay-Clock.php works but I have questions... by datajack Today at 04:38:32 AM

Backup Feature not functional by efamlights March 16, 2025, 11:58:28 AM

WS2811, Raspberry Pi 5, GPIO, could not initialize. by Ulysse-srfc24 March 16, 2025, 05:07:48 AM

K16A-B Issue by nolatron March 15, 2025, 01:52:26 PM

F16V5 and SRx1 v5 by jkp March 15, 2025, 07:19:44 AM

Differential Board: PSU & Enclosure by hakko808 March 14, 2025, 09:17:01 AM

FPP 8.4 Back up by Jradical March 13, 2025, 05:38:18 AM

FPP on Pi5 won't start with "FPPD boot delay" set to 2 min or higher by dnapier65 March 12, 2025, 05:39:00 PM

OBJ File in Sketchup by dspenman March 11, 2025, 09:19:08 AM